Qualifier Saketh Myneni downed former World No. 8 and top seed Mikhail Youzhny of Russia 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the pre-quarterfinals of the $125,000 Challenger tennis tournament on Wednesday.
The results:
€561,345 ATP, Bastad, Sweden: Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Jurgen Melzer (Aut) & Philipp Petzschner (Ger) bt Sriram Balaji & Vishnu Vardhan 5-7, 6-4, [10-8].
$623,710 ATP, Newport, USA: First round: Victor Estrella Burgos (Dom) bt Ramkumar Ramanathan 6-4, 6-1.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Ken Skupski (GBR) & Purav Raja bt Ruben Bemelmans (Bel) & Denis Kudla (USA) 7-5, 6-4.
$125,000 Challenger men, Astana, Kazakhstan: Pre-quarterfinals: Saketh Myneni bt Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) 3-6, 6-4, 6-3.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Ivan Gakhov & Romann Safiullin (Rus) bt Toshihide Matsui (Jpn) & Saketh Myneni 6-2, 6-2; Denis Yevseyev (Kaz) & Arjun Kadhe bt Cem Ilkel (Tur) & Roberto Ortega-Olmedo (Esp) 7-5, 2-6, [10-1].
$25,000 ITF men, Kunshan, China: Doubles (quarterfinals): Ajeet Rai (Nzl) & Aryan Goveas bt Liu Hanyi & Zhao Runyu (Chn) 6-2, 6-2.
$15,000 ITF men, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Pre-quarterfinals: Isaac Stoute (GBR) bt Siddharth Vishwakarma 6-4, 6-2.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Sumit Sarkar (USA) & Anurag Nenwani bt Shamirul Shahril Mohd. Adam Das (Mas) & Muzammil Murtaza (Pak) 6-2, 6-4.
$25,000 ITF women, Nonthaburi, Thailand: First round: Ankita Raina bt Chompoothip Jundakate (Tha) 4-6, 6-2, 6-2.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Rutuja Bhosale & Y. Pranjala bt Punnin Kovapitukted & Tamachan Momkoonthod (Tha) 6-2, 6-2.
$15,000 ITF women, Jakarta, Indonesia: First round: Ho Ching Wu (Hkg) bt Rishika Sunkara 6-1, 6-3; Sai Samhitha bt Deria Nur Haliza (Ina) 6-0, 6-2; Kanika Vaidya bt Rifanty Kahfiani (Ina) 6-0, 4-6, 6-3.
